Amauropsis sphaeroides

Amauropsis sphaeroides is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.^[1]

Amauropsis sphaeroides
Shell of Amauropsis sphaeroides (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Amauropsis
Species:	A. sphaeroides
Binomial name
Amauropsis sphaeroides (Jeffreys, 1877)
Synonyms
Natica sphaeroides Jeffreys, 1877 (original combination)

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 15 mm.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs south of Greenland.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 3185 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 4166 m.^[2]